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Assisted Living Program (ALP)

Generated from the gc-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

Serves people who are medically eligible for nursing home placement, in a less medically intensive, lower cost setting. It provides personal care, supervision, home health aides, and nursing, among other care services.

  • Owner record: ny/assisted-living-program
  • Jurisdiction code: NY
  • Frame: care_recipient
  • Review by: 2026-11-11
  • Also called: ALP; Assisted Living Program

Offering 1: assisted_living

Assisted living for people who are medically eligible for nursing home placement. Services include personal care, supervision, home health aides, and nursing.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"checked": null, "intake": "unknown", "type": "capped"}
  • Amounts (as stated by the owner): []

Conditions:

  • All of these:
  • Fact rule (nursing_home_medical_eligibility): recipient.nursing_facility_level_of_care is true
  • Stated condition (would_otherwise_need_nursing_home), not checked automatically: "would otherwise require placement in a nursing home due to the lack of a home or suitable home environment"
  • Stated condition (no_continual_nursing_care), not checked automatically: "must not require continual nursing care"
  • Stated condition (not_chronically_bedfast), not checked automatically: "must not be chronically bedfast"
  • Stated condition (no_danger_to_other_residents), not checked automatically: "must not be impaired to the degree that they endanger the safety of other ALP residents"

Access route 1.1

  • Where: NY
  • How: Contact the ALP directly. Medicaid recipients must have ALP services approved in advance by the Local Social Services District (LDSS).
  • Url: https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/longterm/alps.htm
  • Phone: null

Owner confirmations

  • /offerings/0/access/0: sha256:b9c2cc3b84ad07bae5c34135303c372b354543da3922302884493e231474aba0

Evidence

  • /name: "# Assisted Living Program (ALP)" (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /caregiving_effect: "Serves persons who are medically eligible for nursing home placement but serves them in a less medically intensive, lower cost setting" (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /caregiving_effect: "ALP provides personal care, room, board, housekeeping, supervision, home health aides, personal emergency response services, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical supplies and equipment, adult day health care, a range of home health services, and the case management services of a registered professional nurse." (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "Serves persons who are medically eligible for nursing home placement but serves them in a less medically intensive, lower cost setting" (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "To be eligible, both Medicaid recipients and private-payers must be medically eligible for, and would otherwise require, placement in a nursing home due to the lack of a home or suitable home environment." (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "However, eligible ALP residents must not require continual nursing care, be chronically bedfast, or be impaired to the degree that they endanger the safety of other ALP residents." (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /offerings/0/availability: "The ALP program is limited to 4,200 residents (approximately 85% are Medicaid recipients)." (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /offerings/0/access/0/how: "Private-payers and Medicaid recipients may contact the ALP directly." (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)
  • /offerings/0/access/0/how: "Medicaid recipients must have their ALP services approved in advance by the Local Social Services District." (source, capture 428adb1230dd17c73d054e2002ff19d5c162accdc8c396654ebc0cc82cfcf198)